Peter MacKay

This is Peter MacKay. I mentioned him in my last entry about his ex girlfriend Belinda. MacKay was the last leader of the Progressive Conservative party. During the leadership race he recieved the support of one of the other leadership candidates with a promise that he would never merge the PC party with the Reform party (exstreme right wing party from out west) MacKay signed a written agreement, got the support of that candidate, won the leadership race, and one of his first acts as leader of the party was to merge it with the Reform party...what a dick. His thirty pieces of silver came in the form of a cabinet position as foreign affairs minister when the Reform party (now called the Conservative party) came to power.

I know he looks smart in this photo but I'm not sure he's the guy I want representing me on the world stage. His government is having a little trouble dealing with China. The fact is the Conservatives are not as progressive minded as, say...the Nixon administration in the seventies and they're having trouble ballancing their concern for human rights with their lust for a market of two billion. MacKay testified before the house of commons foreign affairs committee that, "We have concerns about their justice system, we have concerns about the way in which their democracy functions - if you can call it that," No Peter, you can't call it that. It's not a democracy, it's called the people's republic of China, they work under a system called communism.

The Chinese embasy recently had a party to celebrate their 57th birthday as the people's republic. MacKay showed up late but it was ok, the Chinese had former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien to keep them entertained. The Chinese always liked Chretien. because, like them, he can't speak french or english. Anyway, when Mackay did show up he raised his glass and offered a toast to China's "75th" birthday. what a dufus.